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More often than not, Q, it's the other way around.
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I' m never grouchy
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Played Arena of the Planswalkers twice last night with my wife, and have been playing with the newest MTG set in the meantime as well. Have a tiny break in homework, so planning on more games tonight!
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Member: Mid-Atlantic Region 'Scapers "Strategy without tactics is the most circuitous route to victory, but great tactics without a strategy is just the cacophony before defeat." ~Sun Tzu 500 BCE |
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Just a couple of notes on Smashup: as I prepare for a first play:
1. Wil Wheaton did an episode on Table Top, which gives a good feel for game play, although he got a couple of rules wrong. More importantly, the 'base mats' he used under each base card each had a strength track to note how many points of minions were on each base did not come from the game, but they certainly made things easier math wise. So... 2. Although a number of commentators asked about the base mats, no one answered them. then I found five similar ones on the Files Section of boardgamegeek, and have them ready to go with red stones as current point indicators. I'll just use The Big D20s we used for Scape to track individual player scores. I'll also use black (-1) and white (+1) stones to adjust minion strengths as necessary. This will save me printing out and pasting the little tokens also provided by the guy who used the kit for play testers. I just pasted the five printouts on poster board. 3. I agree that this is not a game that I want to over analyze, but I did make a list from bgg of the seven current expansions with their factions, so I can pick up a few if I like the game. And I looked at a few comments/reviews about some of them, such as which introduce new rules to the game. I had looked at a review before I got the game, even though it was more a less an impulse buy yesterday at my Barnes and Noble. The guys are coming over today for some monthly Scape, and hopefully we'll have some extra time at the end to try it out with 3-4 players. |
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We don't play super competitive X-Wing. I learned with Scape that I'm happier not doing tournaments and such. (I ran dozens of events for CoolStuff and other places over the years, even DiceTowerCon, but I slowly realized that I don't like playing games where optimization is emphasized so much.) X-Wing is definitely best with a small group of friends trying out fun ships and new ideas and scenarios, imo. Heroica is mindless fun. There are few decisions and it is mostly dice-driven, but it is fun nonetheless. Reminds me a bit of Dungeon! from my childhood, but much cuter. You should definitely try Memoir. It is not perfect, but it is really quite fun. If you can tolerate both some card and dice luck mixed into a wonderfully simple system, you'll love it. Splendor is one of my favorites to teach new gamers. My 16yo recently stopped playing with us, but she'll come to the table for Splendor. Score! -- More recently, we've been playing: Run, Fight, or Die (still love this dice-chucker) Legendary: Villains (seems a bit tougher than the original set) Lots of One Night Werewolf (great fast game) Ingenious (one of the best abstracts) Medieval Academy (great drafting game) Love Letter (taught to our new gamer friends) Attraction (fun with magnets!) King of Tokyo (also taught to our new gamer friends) -- The BIG question: Looking to add a game into our family rotation--something that everyone will like (wife, kids, me). It will be for my wife's birthday, who likes simple, family-based fun. I'm thinking Colt Express or Machi Koro. What do you all think? New? Read this. | The INDEX 2.0 | Mmirg's Maps Magnify Your Scape: BoV | SoV | C3V (Playtest!) | C3G The Dice Tower Con w/ Scape! |
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Colt Express!! It is so much fun. Every round is a new, wacky story.
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I have played Colt Express with veteran gamers and new ones, with my kids and and with my dad, with groups from 3 to 6, with fans of Euro and fans of Ameritrash, and it is always riotously fun, and everyone always enjoys it.
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